12-27-2025, 07:59 AM -
I was reading yesterday that there is a convoluted scenario where the Bucs beat us and we can still win the division. It starts actually with this weekend and the falcons beating the rams, the saints losing to the titans and then the falcons beating the saints.
Here you go from the panthers web site:
The one weirdo possibility — which again, it's the NFC South, and we can't discount it — comes into play if the Panthers lose to the Seahawks, the Bucs lose to the Dolphins, and the Bucs win in Week 18. That would leave both teams at 8-9, with identical 3-3 division records. That would again give the advantage to the Bucs, based on the common games tiebreaker.
Unless, ...
If the 6-9 Falcons win their final two games of the season (against the Rams and Saints, both at home), they could force a three-way tie atop the division. If that happens, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head among the three teams. In that instance, the Panthers would win based on sweeping the Falcons to give them a 3-1 mark in those games, while the Falcons and Bucs split their games, leaving the Bucs at 2-2 in that scenario..
Just take care of YOUR business. Remind yourself you shouldn’t be in this position now. You should have it wrapped up but you don’t so don’t let it happen again. Even if your opponent is not the lowly lowly lowly Saints.
Here you go from the panthers web site:
The one weirdo possibility — which again, it's the NFC South, and we can't discount it — comes into play if the Panthers lose to the Seahawks, the Bucs lose to the Dolphins, and the Bucs win in Week 18. That would leave both teams at 8-9, with identical 3-3 division records. That would again give the advantage to the Bucs, based on the common games tiebreaker.
Unless, ...
If the 6-9 Falcons win their final two games of the season (against the Rams and Saints, both at home), they could force a three-way tie atop the division. If that happens, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head among the three teams. In that instance, the Panthers would win based on sweeping the Falcons to give them a 3-1 mark in those games, while the Falcons and Bucs split their games, leaving the Bucs at 2-2 in that scenario..
Just take care of YOUR business. Remind yourself you shouldn’t be in this position now. You should have it wrapped up but you don’t so don’t let it happen again. Even if your opponent is not the lowly lowly lowly Saints.